Undergraduate Certificates

To help provide more focused undergraduate training in anthropology with real-world
applications, the Department of Anthropology offers five certificate programs, open
to all undergraduates regardless of major. Each is designed to complement a student's
other coursework and to provide expertise in a specific area of anthropological inquiry.*Certificates are only available for UCI undergraduate students

Click on the title of the certificate below to view specific criteria for each certificate.

The Certificate in Law and Policy. Designed for students seeking expertise in the legal, political, and cultural dimensions
of citizenship, democracy, immigration, and identity in the modern world. Courses
offer training in legal, political, and cultural dimensions of civil society and political
participation in the democratic process.

The Certificate in Global Studies. Designed for students wishing to develop their expertise in cultural, political, and
economic phenomena that cross or transcend national boundaries. Courses offer intensive
training in the anthropological analysis of international issues, such as migrations
and diasporas, environment and development, flows of money and commodities, social
movements, transnational religious movements, and ethnic, national, and other forms
of political conflict.

The Certificate in Economy and Culture. Designed for students wishing to develop their expertise in the cultural and ethnographic
analysis of economic processes and systems. Courses offer intensive training in non-western
and non-capitalist economic practices, as well as anthropological approaches to contemporary
capitalisms. The certificate program is also intended for students interested in cross-cultural
approaches to economic management and planning.

The Certificate in Gender Studies. Designed for students seeking expertise in the cross-cultural understanding of gender
and sexuality. Courses offer training in gender inequality, representations and practices
of gendered bodies, gender and sexual identity, sexualities and culture, the relationships
among gender, race, and class, and feminist theory in anthropology.

The Certificate in Medical Anthropology. Designed for students seeking expertise in the cross-cultural understanding of health
and illness, as well as anthropological perspectives on science and medicine. Courses
offer training in medical anthropology, science studies, representations and practices
of health and illness, health and identity, and the relationships among gender, race,
class, medicine, and science.

Criteria: For each certificate, you are required to complete three courses in its field and
attain a 3.0 GPA minimum in those three courses. (Click on the certificate titles
above for lists of those courses). Attend three Anthropology Colloquia and write a
300-500 word report and/or analysis for each event. Summaries will be reviewed and
evaluated by the Undergraduate Director. It is your responsibility to plan ahead and
attend colloquia BEFORE you submit your certificate application. For a schedule of colloquia,click here

(If you are applying for multiple certificates, you only need to submit three summaries
total)

Application Process:

Submit a eee scout survey (link below) by the deadline listed below and upload a copy
of your unofficial transcripts, three colloquia summaries.

Certificates will be awarded in the Spring at a special Annual Awards Ceremony Banquet
in late May, date to be announced.

Please note: the certificates were updated September 2017. Even if you have taken
classes offered on past certificates, but not offered on current ones, you can still count the old courses toward new
certificates. That is, all courses that ever counted for a certificate will still
be included under the new criteria.